Liu, a famous qigong master in China, elaborated on the principle of qigong health preservation in the book "Qigong Therapy Practice", and now quotes the following points.
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In qigong theory, the argument of "taking qi as the foundation" runs through, and in the practice of martial arts, it also emphasizes strengthening the vitality and consolidating the foundation as the guiding point. Then, through what mechanism does Qigong realize the function of nourishing vitality? Su Wen's "On Ancient Innocence" pointed out: "Nothing is indifferent, and the true qi follows; Keep your spirit inside and stay away from illness. This is an incisive exposition and summary of the mechanism of Qigong nourishing qi. Traditional Chinese medicine regards essence, qi and spirit as the internal causes of human body, which generally reflects the functional state of human body. Qigong is a kind of self-exercise regimen that combines the movement of "muscle, bone and skin" and "essence, qi and spirit" inside. " "Essence" includes essence of congenital kidney and essence of acquired valley, which acts on the whole body through organs such as lung, heart and spleen to ensure the realization of physiological activities such as human growth, development and reproduction. Qigong has obvious influence and function on essence. As long as you practice properly and persevere, both the innate essence and the acquired essence will be strengthened and enriched. The phenomena of nocturnal emission, premature ejaculation, cold semen and scanty semen in male patients, leukorrhagia, metrorrhagia, scanty menstruation and pathological amenorrhea in female patients all belong to the pathological range of nocturnal emission. These pathological phenomena can get different effects through practice, which is the evidence that Qigong plays the role of yin essence. For patients with dyspepsia and malnutrition, through the intersection of heart and kidney in Qigong, kidney yang is the secret, spleen yang gets kidney and health, and stomach yin gets kidney water and moisture, so that stomach fu-organs and health are good at accepting rot, spleen is transported and pulse is weak, and the clinical manifestations are increased appetite and food intake. The exuberant secretion of digestive glands, the strengthening of anabolism and the improvement of nutritional status are all evidence that Qigong plays a role in Shuigujing. The above is the expression of qigong on acquired essence. Qigong is also beneficial to innate essence. Congenital essence is hidden in the kidney, and qigong is intended to hide life in the abdomen, which is a technique of enriching essence and water. The innate essence depends on the cultivation of the acquired essence. Through sucking and pinching exercise, the yin essence is naturally rich and astringent, and the essence in the kidney is nourished by the yin essence, making it stronger and more beneficial, refined and thin, and full of vitality. This is the inevitable trend of "refiner". Obviously, Qigong's function of nourishing essence and water is the mechanism of Qigong's nourishing vitality.
After practicing vitality, it can better stimulate and promote the normal and effective physiological activities of zang-fu organs, which is of great significance to maintaining health. In addition, it can further play the role of practicing qi and nourishing the spirit. God, including innate God and acquired knowledge. Shen Yuan is biochemical in innate vitality, and knowing God is biochemical in nature. Both Yuan God and Zhi God are derived from matter, and both react to matter. Su Wen's theory of transferring refined qi says: "those who get qi prosper and those who lose it die", and points out the importance of qi in life activities, which is another important significance of qigong to nourish qi.
adjust the yin and yang
Through experimental research and clinical observation, it is also confirmed that qigong has a universal influence on the balance of yin and yang. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that form and essence can be transformed into functions, which is a normal physiological phenomenon that yang comes from yin, but when the body is excited, form and essence can be consumed. After qigong exercise enters a quiet state, the excitation intensity of sympathetic nerve is weakened, gas metabolism is reduced, hyperresponsiveness is corrected, and hyperactivity symptoms are adjusted, which are the concrete manifestations of qigong's function of suppressing yang and supporting yin. According to the theoretical classification of "kidney deficiency", it is observed that the limbs of the patients with kidney yang deficiency turn from cold to warm, the urine ketosteroids return to normal level, and the plasma adenosine triphosphate is sweet. The increase of cyclic adenosine content and the enhancement of leukocyte phagocytosis are all manifestations of qigong's aphrodisiac effect. Qigong's function of regulating the dynamic balance of Yin and Yang is realized through the dual modulation effect of "restraining hyperactivity and helping the weak", which is manifested in different levels. This is the mechanism of qigong treatment and health care.
3. Dredge meridians and regulate qi and blood.
The health care function of Qigong is realized by "dredging meridians". Clinically, it is observed that the measured values of meridians on both sides of limbs are different or very different in patients with meridian obstruction and qi-blood imbalance; After practice, all weak qi and blood can be enhanced to varying degrees through practice. During the practice, we also observed the obvious sense of meridians and the circulation of internal qi, such as ren and du meridians, which are the concrete manifestations of Qigong's function of dredging meridians and activating collaterals.